Mizuno Irons

[VMAN]

My club had a Mizuno fitting today and I signed up for a slot after my morning 18, my hogans are showing wear and I though might replace them with something current.

I was very impressed by the feel of the Mizunos and the expertise of the fitter. The shaft fitting was especially impressive and I truly haven't hit the ball with such a low dispersion in a while. I ended liking the KBS shaft the best.

I hit the 68's, 62's and 58's. They all look similar from the top, at least the six iron does. The feel was great though I am in love with the 68's. They felt so good and responsive, I am hooked. The fitter had his set of 68's there and we have the same lie and length so he also let me hit the others in the set, WOW!

Anybody play these or decided between the 62's and 68's? I think I'm decided but curious...and also excited at the prospect of some new toys.

[peter draggin]

You really cant go wrong with any of the Mizzy's

[Shindig]

  VMAN said:

Anybody play these or decided between the 62's and 68's? I think I'm decided but curious...and also excited at the prospect of some new toys.

You know you can mix them, instead of picking one or the other, right? Many people have 68s for their short irons and 62s for the longer ones, or similar mixes from different players' cavity / blades sets. Brian Gay won two tournaments last year with a 3-way mix of Mizuno irons (MX-? for 3,4 ; MP-60 for 5-8 ; MP-33 for 9,P).

[sean_miller]

  VMAN said:

My club had a Mizuno fitting today and I signed up for a slot after my morning 18, my hogans are showing wear and I though might replace them with something current.

Which Hogan model are you replacing (plus a year/version if the answer is "Apex")? Blades or a forged perimiter weighted?

Either way, good choices on the possible replacements!!

[VMAN]

  sean_miller said:

Which Hogan model are you replacing (plus a year/version if the answer is "Apex")? Blades or a forged perimiter weighted?

My latest and current set are FTX's from 2005, before that I had the pc's.

[VMAN]

  Shindig said:

You know you can mix them, instead of picking one or the other, right? Many people have 68s for their short irons and 62s for the longer ones, or similar mixes from different players' cavity / blades sets. Brian Gay won two tournaments last year with a 3-way mix of Mizuno irons (MX-? for 3,4 ; MP-60 for 5-8 ; MP-33 for 9,P).

Yes, in fact I think that I will go 5-pw in the 68's and then the equivalent 4 iron in the HI-FLI, 3 hybrid and then stick with my Callaway 4W and Driver. Currently I don't carry either my 4 or 3 iron having replaced them with Hybrids a while back. I like the feel of the new Mizuno wedges (had the previous model in 2005 and sold them because I didn't like the leading edge) and will replace my Hogan Rivieras with the same lofts in the Mizuno, probably in the black satin.

[sean_miller]

  VMAN said:

Yes, in fact I think that I will go 5-pw in the 68's and then the equivalent 4 iron in the HI-FLI, 3 hybrid and then stick with my Callaway 4W and Driver. Currently I don't carry either my 4 or 3 iron having replaced them with Hybrids a while back. I like the feel of the new Mizuno wedges (had the previous model in 2005 and sold them because I didn't like the leading edge) and will replace my Hogan Rivieras with the same lofts in the Mizuno, probably in the black satin.

Solid choices. You might be a club longer with the 68s, so probably no need for a 3-iron.

BTW - I love(d) my Apex PCs (when my game was on). Mizunos are the only irons I've hit that even come close.

[VMAN]

Just got them in yesterday.

mp68 p-5 , mp fli hi 4, 52, 56 and 60 wedges, mp clk hybrid.

Played nine holes today and as expected they felt great. The irons felt solid from the get go, but i will need to get used to the stiffer and slightly longer shaft in the wedges. My 3/4 shots were all a bit long, not much but enough to need a bit of getting used to. All in all really happy with them and the KBS shafts are really precise. Can't wait to play 18 on Saturday. Haven't hit the hybrid yet, it won't be in till the end of the month.